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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1908
Page
4
Mond Nov goth event in our cloak department features Mr Collins a leading New York fur manufacturer. He will present his complete line of ladies and children's furs and assist customers with selections and fittings.
Harry Knauff accidentally shot his brother Charles while hunting near Pearl City on Sunday. The second shot hit Charles in the right side, breaking several ribs but not injuring inner tissues. Charles, visiting from Jersey Shore, Pa., is in St. Francis hospital in Freeport, receiving care as relatives express distress over the incident.
Mrs Rose Lutiger Gannon, famed contralto and Chicago Appello club soloist, will perform at the First Presbyterian church in Freeport on November 17 evening. Organist Charles W Lawyer will accompany her. the event is eagerly awaited by local residents and Mrs Herbert Butler, a Freeport acquaintance, notes her prominence.
Members of the Knights of Columbus and their ladies are invited to a club rooms party tonight featuring a masquerade dance and a card game. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes.
Mrs H D Bentley and Mrs J A Crain will entertain the Freeport Whist club members tomorrow night at the home of Mrs Crain in Freeport.
Nathan Angle, held at Watertown for some time, escaped Sunday afternoon. A message to W. B Angle, a brother in this city, reports the escape and the sheriff's office has been alerted to watch for him.
Mrs D G Jones left Saturday evening for Dodgeville Wisconsin to spend several weeks as a guest of her mother Mrs EB Edwards.
Closing board of trade quotations show Dec wheat at 10134, Dec corn 613, Dec oats 4834, Jan pork 1605, Jan lard 930 32, Jan ribs 845 47. Union stock yards report 33,000 cattle, 10 to 15 lower. beeves 3407.45, stockers feeders 260 3460, cows and heifers 160 to 525. Hog numbers 60,000 down 15, mixed 530 to 610, heavy 130 315.80. Bale sales 560 to 600, live cattle at 260 1450.
A New York letter recounts how the famed con artist once labeled dead by police resurfaced on Broadway. He recalls living under a false name, fled to reform, but police deemed reform impossible. He says he faked death to escape pursuit, now works quietly as a respectable cigar salesman, with few knowing his past.
On view at the Lepine toy exhibition in Paris the inventor claims a rotary rudder can turn a vessel in its own length or any angle. He argues current steering is limited to 90 degrees and that the invention could prevent sea collisions. He also says an aircraft fitted with the rudder could take off instantly.
A recently patented French process by N. Bonnet yields real black diamonds from carbon in an amorphous fused state. A bronze vessel holds two carbon electrodes with a carbon rod over carbon bisulphide, vaporizing the liquid to create high pressure. Under pressure and high tension current the carbon rod becomes black diamond in moments, valued for drills and abrasive use.
A Fifth avenue chef describes a novel meat from Scotland, a cross between beef and buffalo. He notes a herd near Stirling where bison crossed with highland cattle yields a new flavor. The meat, imported for menus as bibeeef-bison beef-see, is priced at two dollars per portion.
Telegram from Martzburg reports Zulu chief Dinuzulu has burst a blood vessel and notes it would be a small wonder if his father did not suffer the same while hosted in London after capture. He and his sable sult stayed in a Melbury Avenue mansion near Holland House. His breakfast was porridge and whiskey, a preference over milk, yet he adapted to civilized manners.
Today's Chicago Board of Trade quotations provided by C D Anderson of Hettinger building 76 Stephenson street show open high and low figures for the market. The report notes price ranges across wheat corn and other grains with trading activity and bid offers listed for price discovery and market movement.
Hon. A. Bergman sells the property at 64 Carroll Street, formerly occupied by W. E. Boyington, to Oliver Springer who plans immediate occupancy. The consideration is said to have been 6000.
The New York Sun notes the thumb mark as the new identification symbol for stationery. Engraved in gold or silver, it rivals Bertillon marks in value, used by stationers who stamp the center of a correspondence card about half an inch from the top, sometimes in red or blue ink.
The Wakfs, a Cairo trust for memorial antiquities, holds endowed property for pious uses but often served to benefit donor families. Last year it reported net income of 2,161,500 dollars and carried 581,070 dollars for two new religious or educational ventures.
August Klentz of Reeseville and Annie Borchardt of McConnell appear as siblings or relatives with ages 26 and 24 respectively. Charles Klentz from Freeport and Mary Borchardt of McConnell listed at ages 27 and 26 complete the grouping, reflecting a small midwestern family roundup in late summer.
The Ladies' Aid society of Embury church will meet tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. C. L. i home. Refreshments will be served.
A Chinese physician opens a drugstore and endures long years with no customers until a buyer appears. The vendor reveals the medicine is full of kiang tsan insects, and the customer notes they are always dead. The doctor explains they die after being eaten.
A notice requests an inquiry to be made in the forenoon at the address 879 Walnut Street. The fragmentary text provides no other details or dates, but preserves the location and time cue for follow up or archival reference.
A long advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver complaints. It lists ingredients like Golden Seal Queen’s root and Bloodroot, claims non alcohol content, and urges readers to request a free booklet. Also promotes All-Healing Salve and Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestive health.
The fragment praises a painter's enduring imagery and artistic flair. It extols his poetic, impressionistic style and strong emotional expressiveness, noting vivid imagination and realism in his work.
A Billville jury sent a note to the judge asking for dinner, declaring they will stay to hear the verdict if fed, otherwise they will find the prisoner guilty. The quip reflects a sharp, satirical moment from a courtroom scene reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
The Indianapolis News laments renewed wartime tensions in the Near East and calls for a diplomatic curb. The piece frames the conflict as an old pattern and urges decisive, peace-focused action to avert broader disruption.
Report from the New York Sun notes a humorous tale where Jack the Giant Killer wears an invisible coat while lamenting his wife cannot locate it to give away during housecleaning. Other husbands are said to be moved to envy by the episode.
The New York Press quips about Kaiser Wilhelm and his finances, joking that he would endure debt and worry but remains unsure of his status. The playful line imagines the ruler needing four million plunks annually, with the speaker wagering on its truth.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution describes a man seeing danger and climbing a chimney. The account recalls a pursuer who blocked escape, built a fire beneath, and coaxed the narrator down, leaving questions about the outcome and safety.
A Baltimore American item notes a humorous ballad about a rich Dubuque girl who vows to marry herself off not to harry her and to avoid rebuke. The verse mocks courtship and self marriage as a comic satire of romance tales.
Chicago Tribune quotes Uncle Jerry Peebles saying a man is no better than his hat, offering a blunt, humorous take on human character and appearance.
A brief quotation from Harper’s Weekly mocks storing a sold item as a silk purse with playful verse. The verse urges avoiding porcine ears and notes the futility of tolling for a tiny silken toy, conveyed in a witty period voice.
A Baltimore American quotation praises shoemaking as a solid trade and notes broad support for the craft. The remark emphasizes its value to many people and frames it as a beneficial occupation.
A terse verse notes trouble among rovers and deck cuts, with a rush of feet and a sudden splash. Another Jonah rises in the civic scene, as the Cleveland Plain Dealer hints at political churn and public unrest.
A Balticore American quip notes less wit about therin kin jokes as Aline stays with Binks and company. The exchange hints at domestic humor and shifting social banter in a brief, light tone.
A lighthearted Pick-Me-Up quip features a woman showing a locket and saying it holds her husband’s hair. The punchline arrives when she notes her husband is alive, but his hair is all gone, prompting a wry reflection on memories.
In Cheyenne county near St Francis Kansas the new farm motor is touted as a mule of the motor car capable of plowing disking harrowing seeding harvesting and hauling wheat to market at a third the time and a quarter the cost of horse power. Two large farmers Jerry Lyons and G W Denny report success using the six ton motor to disk fields in Cheyenne county with disks and harrows pulled in tandem and plan to add drills to sow wheat. They claim savings of around 16 cents per gallon for gasoline and overall costs of about one quarter the horse driven method, predicting wide adoption in coming years.
A Chicago Record-Herald version recounts a Disraeli style joke about an absentminded astronomer who studies a phenomenal brightness all night and only notices daylight arriving as he finally goes to bed. The humorous setup hinges on his failure to recognize the sun.
Community listings announce a fair ceremonial preportion on November 14 and a baseball fair on October 10. Other events include a dance school recital November 18, Grace Church organ recital November 18, Prof. Dawsons early hour masquerade ball November ? and a YMC A lecture November 7. Also Swengerbund concert November 18 and a Western party at Lexington Hall by D. A. BR November. The Molders Union annual ball at the Masonic Temple. Local quotes praise Kings New Discovery cough medicine.
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